Hello,
my config is :

- Palm Zire 31
- linux: Fedora Core-3 + kpilot 4.4.6 + pilot-link 0.12

When I connect my Palm on PC I receive :
....
usb 1-1: new full speed USB device using address 17
visor 1-1:1.0: Handspring Visor / Palm OS converter detected
usb 1-1: Handspring Visor / Palm OS converter now attached to ttyUSB0
usb 1-1: Handspring Visor / Palm OS converter now attached to ttyUSB1
....
which looks good I suppose.

But, from there, I cannot start hotsync using kpilot as USB port continues
to swap between USB 0 / 1 / 2 / 3...etc.. when I start any hotsync
operation from kpilot.

So how to synchronize kpilot and Zire ?
Or is there other useful Palm application for Linux (basically I only need a
backup of my Zire) ?

Thanks.
Bye,
Bruno

Bruno wrote:
> Hello,
> my config is :
>
> - Palm Zire 31
> - linux: Fedora Core-3 + kpilot 4.4.6 + pilot-link 0.12
>
> When I connect my Palm on PC I receive :
> ...
> usb 1-1: new full speed USB device using address 17
> visor 1-1:1.0: Handspring Visor / Palm OS converter detected
> usb 1-1: Handspring Visor / Palm OS converter now attached to ttyUSB0
> usb 1-1: Handspring Visor / Palm OS converter now attached to ttyUSB1
> ...
> which looks good I suppose.
>
> But, from there, I cannot start hotsync using kpilot as USB port continues
> to swap between USB 0 / 1 / 2 / 3...etc.. when I start any hotsync
> operation from kpilot.
>
> So how to synchronize kpilot and Zire ?
> Or is there other useful Palm application for Linux (basically I only need a
> backup of my Zire) ?
>
> Thanks.
> Bye,
> Bruno
>

If you are using UDEV, add the line (as a single line)

BUS="usb", SYSFS{product}="Palm Handheld", KERNEL="ttyUSB[13579]",
NAME="%k", SYMLINK="pilot", MODE="0666"

at the begining to the /etc/udev/rules.d/50-udev.rules file and
configure the kpilot to use the /dev/pilot device for syncing.
Start kpilot, connect the Zire, start a HotSync from Zire and cancel it
(it will be hang probably), reset the link from the kpilot and restart
the HotSync from Zire. The last one will be successful.

I'm using this procedure for Zire 72, but with the 0.11.8 pilot-link.

Andrew

On Thu, 03 Feb 2005 21:02:29 +0100, Bruno
<cd1@biz.tiscali.be> wrote:
>
> But, from there, I cannot start hotsync using kpilot as USB port continues
> to swap between USB 0 / 1 / 2 / 3...etc.. when I start any hotsync
> operation from kpilot.
>
> So how to synchronize kpilot and Zire ?
> Or is there other useful Palm application for Linux (basically I only need a
> backup of my Zire) ?
>
I use jpilot or pilot-xfer, haven't had much luck with other programs.
With the 2.6.8 kernel, it seems you have to press the sync button on
the Zire first. When I was using 2.6.5, I would press sync on the Zire
and then cancel before starting the sync on the desktop.